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title: What form did the sacrifice take in Sparta after Lycurgus intervened? — Greek myths, Iphigenia, part 20: a dee… · tree and pragmatics
description: What form did the sacrifice take in Sparta after Lycurgus intervened? Exam question 2 of lesson 514 «Greek myths, Iphigenia, part 20: a deer replaces the girl on the altar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 2 · Greek myths, Iphigenia, part 20: a deer replaces the girl…

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What form did the sacrifice take in Sparta after Lycurgus intervened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sacrifice · **What happens:** be, do, take, intervene · **To what, where:** Sparta, Lycurgus

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 514 «Greek myths, Iphigenia, part 20: a deer replaces the girl on the altar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/514-pg22381-part20/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:514-pg22381-part20:e2:1
# text = What form did the sacrifice take in Sparta after Lycurgus intervened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	form	form	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Sparta	Sparta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Lycurgus	Lycurgus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	intervened	intervene	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | present | the sacrifice |  |  | Sparta | after Lycurgus |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sparta=Location |
| 4 | **intervene** | participle |  | Lycurgus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The burning of goats at the altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:514-pg22381-part20:e2:o1:1
# text = The burning of goats at the altar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	burning	burning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The offering of grain at the altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:514-pg22381-part20:e2:o2:1
# text = The offering of grain at the altar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	offering	offering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** |  |  | grain |  | the altar |  |  | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient at=place |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The scourging of youths at the altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:514-pg22381-part20:e2:o3:1
# text = The scourging of youths at the altar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scourging	scourging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	youths	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A ritual in which the youths were carried in procession to the sea and drowned

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:514-pg22381-part20:e2:o4:1
# text = A ritual in which the youths were carried in procession to the sea and drowned
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ritual	ritual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	youths	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · passive |  | which ritual youths |  | procession |  | to the sea | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination |
| 2 | **drown** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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